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Pics Taken With Your Note 4

Let's see what you got. Show off your Note 4 pics. [Please save your phone camera comparisons for another thread.]
The only requirement of this thread is that the picture be taken with the Note 4. Nothing more.

6:31 pm Florida the sun is dying
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Loving the camera so far(Still not gonna replace my Fuji X-T1 but love it for a cellphone camera)! Love that it got the light rays!
On the side note though, was gonna try to edit this pic on Adobe Photoshop Express but it kept force closing! Hopefully adobe addresses this issue soon since I use that app often!
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Low light
Note 4
Vs note 3
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A few low light photos.
OnePlus One - Auto
Note 4 - Auto

randpost said:
A few low light photos.
Note 4 - Auto
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i bought the icarez but have not received it. how do you like that screen protector?

twe90kid said:
i bought the icarez but have not received it. how do you like that screen protector?
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I think they are terrible at least for the Note 4. The protectors are big enough that they go past where the screen starts curving at the edges so all four sides of the protector peel up easily. No big deal since they were only 2 bucks and will last me till I can see some solid protector reviews. They need to make the protectors smaller in their next revision.

randpost said:
I think they are terrible at least for the Note 4. The protectors are big enough that they go past where the screen starts curving at the edges so all four sides of the protector peel up easily. No big deal since they were only 2 bucks and will last me till I can see some solid protector reviews. They need to make the protectors smaller in their next revision.
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Did you try contacting them and informing them of such?
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Beautiful pictures btw guys...I'm excited about my phone camera for once

p()()pypants said:
Did you try contacting them and informing them of such?
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I honestly didn't "icarez" enough to contact them or submit a review. I didn't expect much due the curved glass. I may send them a message on Amazon.

The mutt

You may not be able to tell the difference since Tapatalk shrinks the images but not 4 is sharper with more details vs note 3 with that painting like look to it and more washed out colors.
Note 4
Note 3
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Was able to shoot a bit in low light at the mall! Still noisy! All with HDR on! I wonder how these fair in post processing!

randpost said:
I think they are terrible at least for the Note 4. The protectors are big enough that they go past where the screen starts curving at the edges so all four sides of the protector peel up easily. No big deal since they were only 2 bucks and will last me till I can see some solid protector reviews. They need to make the protectors smaller in their next revision.
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Its the same with the bear motion tempered glass.
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gbert15 said:
Was able to shoot a bit in low light at the mall! Still noisy! All with HDR on! I wonder how these fair in post processing!
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Noisy as hell. Pretty unimpressive. Oh well. Good thing the day shots look amazing...my M8 definitely does better (sans crop) at night.

Nice shots. As stated, a lot of noise with low light. I guess my ufo pics won't fair much better. :laugh:

This picture looks beautiful in HD it was taken of the sunroof of my car I might use it as a wallpaper

Loving the selective focus mode!

gbert15 said:
Loving the selective focus mode!
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Is selective focus done before or after the shot?

p()()pypants said:
Is selective focus done before or after the shot?
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The results are shown in real time. Meaning you will be able to see how the selective shot image will appear before you press the shutter button.

Not sure how it does it but this is how it looked like prior to pressing the shutter button! I can then select far focus which focuses on the gate and then pan focus! Here's another one!

Might want to take off the clear protector on camera and flash

I think maybe the clear plastic on the camera was effecting my pictures. Well I hope so. LoL. It's not easy getting off especially the flash one. I did it carefully because I didn't want to scratch them. I guess if your pictures are fine then you can leave them on but damn Samsung you should put tabs on them so it's easy to take off. I would think all S6 Edges come like that. Mine is from T-Mobile. Darn you can't see it. I'll post a bigger picture.
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See the white line in sky close to the bird way up in the sky? It goes from the top to the bottom. I noticed on 5 pictures and different angles.

Good call, i have always known about the stickers and remove them for customers usually (i sell phones for a living) but i didnt notice the flash one! gotta check it out now, thanks!

Thanks!!! I hadn't even noticed them.

Can you guys see in the sky what I'm talking about? If so do you think I might be right about the picture protector being the issue? Guess I should take more pictures now but stupid rain all week. Lol. Just want to find out if I have a issue with my camera.
A girl with nails might help getting the stickers off. LoL. I think I just lightly put my finger on the corner of the bottom of the flash and moved slightly up. I then noticed that it was on. I wonder if it's on my Note 4. LoL

The first thing I did is taking them off with the plastic cover of the phone

Thanks for the headsup + :good:

I"ll be damn, I missed those also, thanks.

I used a piece of strong packing tape to get them off. Just touched and pulled. Much easier than trying to get your fingernail in there and risking a scratch.

This makes no difference to the camera picture quality whatsoever. Tested this so many times on my
phones. Zero. So i leave it on for protection

My pictures are just fine
are you sure we should remove it?isnt it there for the protection?

lawtq said:
This makes no difference to the camera picture quality whatsoever. Tested this so many times on my
phones. Zero. So i leave it on for protection
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I beg to differ I notice auto focus on previous devices to be impacted. Along with dust and dirt forming up around the edges over time have a direct impact with the camera
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LeKtRiCzzz said:
I beg to differ I notice auto focus on previous devices to be impacted. Along with dust and dirt forming up around the edges over time have a direct impact with the camera
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The S4 also had issues with this similar style of protector over the camera from factory

lawtq said:
This makes no difference to the camera picture quality whatsoever. Tested this so many times on my
phones. Zero. So i leave it on for protection
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Maybe it's not a issue for your phone but I noticed it might be a issue for mine. Other people feel the same way as me.
Galaxy S6 and Edge Owners, Remove the Sticker Covering Your Flash and HR Monitor
http://www.droid-life.com/2015/04/1...e-sticker-covering-your-flash-and-hr-monitor/
nircc said:
My pictures are just fine
are you sure we should remove it?isnt it there for the protection?
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You can still scratch the lens regardless if it's on or not. Having a $700+ phone I've very careful with it. Plus a case could help raise it a tad so the camera isn't flush.
LeKtRiCzzz said:
I beg to differ I notice auto focus on previous devices to be impacted. Along with dust and dirt forming up around the edges over time have a direct impact with the camera
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Yep

sweets55 said:
Maybe it's not a issue for your phone but I noticed it might be a issue for mine. Other people feel the same way as me.
Galaxy S6 and Edge Owners, Remove the Sticker Covering Your Flash and HR Monitor
http://www.droid-life.com/2015/04/1...e-sticker-covering-your-flash-and-hr-monitor/
You can still scratch the lens regardless if it's on or not. Having a $700+ phone I've very careful with it. Plus a case could help raise it a tad so the camera isn't flush.
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Thanks for the answer ill read that droid life article and might get rid of those stickers
i wanted to ask something instead of making a new thread
for some reason i cant see the tickets button in chrome browser so any time i want to awap to another ticket i've ipened i need to press the left button near the home button
why is that?is it better to just use the default brpwser?

Heh, I was so annoyed with this that I even took it off the demo unit at my local BestBuy when I was playing with it. First thing I did when I took mine out of the box.

Each to their own

Funny how so many of these youtube tech reviewers forget to remove it.

By the way I took them off but they don't have effect on the picture quality as the lens over only covers the edges not the lens itself as u can see so it doesn't matter u keep it or take it off
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Oh boy. LoL

S7 Edge Camera Issue...

Hey,
So I noticed something interesting with my S7 edge camera. Take a look at these two pictures. The lines are all parallel but the camera warps them and makes them wavey. I tried THREE other brand new S7 edge and 1 S7 phones and they all had this issue.
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Can someone else see if this is happening on their phones too? Post pictures please!

It's your eyes. In reality they are straight lines, but your brain makes them wavy.
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I kind of noticed the same thing, especially at the top.

Brava27 said:
It's your eyes. In reality they are straight lines, but your brain makes them wavy.
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The lines are most definitely wavy. Just pull a ruler across the screen and you will see how the lines are no actually straight. As for why? I'm not sure but it's probably due to the nature of the lens. It's not very noticeable in every day use though.

Could be a flaw , but also an illusion
Tell you a funny store from the goood old days
At rolls royce in england they had old craftsmenn doing the welding job on manufacturing the grill on the rolls
they were the only ones that could make them so they lokked straight elgeangt lines ,, but.. take a ruler and they are bend so ever slightly to avoid your eyes seeing them as out of line ( your lens in the eye is curved too )

Guys,
I've taken multiple photos. These are only a few. I have tested with 5 devices total. Put a straight edge up to the image and you will see that they are distorted. The distortion is static - always distorts the same way in the same place for each image.
Can anyone else test and post pictures?
Thanks!

You can clearly see there's some barreling distortion near the top of the pic but there's another type of distortion in the middle, the level is flat, dont worry about the bubble.

Plastic f1.7 lens! Even my expensive L glass has some barreling, especially wide open, but I can correct for that in my DSLR body. I think that as smartphone lenses get faster, this will become more apparent.

vr002sh said:
Plastic f1.7 lens! Even my expensive L glass has some barreling, especially wide open, but I can correct for that in my DSLR body. I think that as smartphone lenses get faster, this will become more apparent.
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Even in the middle? I can understand some barreling on the outside.
Definitely visible here with both the sony and samsung sensors.
http://cdn03.androidauthority.net/w...03/Samsung-Galaxy-S7-camera-sample-Sony-5.jpg
http://cdn02.androidauthority.net/w...Samsung-Galaxy-S7-camera-sample-ISOCELL-5.jpg

seen this before. Honestly thought it was my eyes.
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It's barrel distortion, you can fix this during post processing, should not matter unless you use your phone on architecture stuff.

Anyone every find a camera lens profile for this?

Brava27 said:
It's your eyes. In reality they are straight lines, but your brain makes them wavy.
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it's not his eye it's the distortion in his camera lens.

peachpuff said:
You can clearly see there's some barreling distortion near the top of the pic but there's another type of distortion in the middle, the level is flat, dont worry about the bubble.
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Your floor is most definitely not level.

BCSC said:
Your floor is most definitely not level.
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I said don't worry about the bubble, my fluffy carpet is not level

There is a shape-correction or distortion connection setting that may fix this. AFAIK it was affecting only selfies on s6, but this one also does sth to rear cam.

I have the same issue on my S7.
Look at the white strips. Should be straight.
Sh**ty camera.

Psylosteriva said:
I have the same issue on my S7.
Look at the white strips. Should be straight.
Sh**ty camera.
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There's a shape correction option in the camera settings, turn it on.

I know it. It doesn't work.

the exact same problem with my s6 rear camera
Guys same exact problem for me, I can confirm you it not only affects s7 but also s6 since mine is an s6 non edge. Just waves all over the horizontal axis of the image, almost embarrassing, and this should be supposed to be among the best smartphone cameras? really?? and no reviewer noticed that??? Incredible, a real shame....

Screen pressure under front camera?

On the top left corner of my screen on the nav bar, right below the camera/proximity sensor I see what appears to be just a slight bit of pressure on the screen causing it to be slightly brighter . It's barely visible, and I'm not talking about the light bleed issue from the secondary display, because this is on the other side. It's very faint, and I can't see it when the screen background is dark or if the screen is off. It can best be seen by tilting the phone forward.
Has anyone else experienced this?

Yes I have a black bar under my front camera, proximity sensor area. If I look up from bottom to top of screen it's lighter. I had mine warrantied out today from T-Mobile

I had that issue with my first V20 from AT&T. I went to AT&T and they changed it out at no cost. I get a new one and it has a new screen 'pressure' located on the bottom corners. Makes black look a little grey in the corners.

It's on mines also, but it's a dark spot instead of a brighter spot. Right above over the status bar, you can even see it in white pics too. Wanted to send it to LG so I can get a replacement but want to know if it's fixable first.

OneDon said:
It's on mines also, but it's a dark spot instead of a brighter spot. Right above over the status bar, you can even see it in white pics too. Wanted to send it to LG so I can get a replacement but want to know if it's fixable first.
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I have this too and I wonder if it is from the CPU/GPU heating up. If you look at the ifixit teardown, that is approximately where the heat outlets. I have it on mine. It was day 1 and I was flashing some roms.

sjavvaji said:
I have this too and I wonder if it is from the CPU/GPU heating up. If you look at the ifixit teardown, that is approximately where the heat outlets. I have it on mine. It was day 1 and I was flashing some roms.
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Yeah it's mostly when I flash ROMs especially AOKP or LOS. I'm thinking it's a backlight problem, because when I go back to stock it doesn't show... And it could be the CPU/GPU also because during flashing ROMs that part specifically gets warm.

Maybe you are right. I didn't see it in stock but it's super prominent in LOS. I was flashing roms for like 4 hours though. Not sure what is the exact issue.

OneDon said:
Yeah it's mostly when I flash ROMs especially AOKP or LOS. I'm thinking it's a backlight problem, because when I go back to stock it doesn't show... And it could be the CPU/GPU also because during flashing ROMs that part specifically gets warm.
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Alright so I reverted to stock and locked the bootloader and everything. That dark spot is just as present in the stock ROM. The T-Mobile store representative agreed it was an issue. Now I gotta ship it back and wait for the replacement. Just got it a day ago man. :crying:

JFYI...have it here too.

My replacement V20 has the exact same thing?!?! Dark spot in the middle of the status bar on white (or lighter) screens. What is weirder is that it is the exact same pattern and location as the first one. It is present in both stock and LOS. I suppose I'll just wait around a year and warranty it out then because I just want to start using the phone. I included an image for people that were curious how it looked.
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I'm experiencing the same thing with my V20. I can see a dark spot under the proximity sensor. Did anyone get it fixed somehow through a replacement or repair through LG?

Have any of you used a simple free screen test app to help confirm the "fault" you seem to have?

Hi Guys. I Just recently bought an LG V20 and have a similar issue. It doesn't affect day to day use but was wondering if it is normal because of the 2nd screen?

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My replacement V20 has the exact same thing?!?! Dark spot in the middle of the status bar on white (or lighter) screens. What is weirder is that it is the exact same pattern and location as the first one. It is present in both stock and LOS. I suppose I'll just wait around a year and warranty it out then because I just want to start using the phone. I included an image for people that were curious how it looked.
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I have that same issue ^ not as burnt though but same place and shape. No screen retention at all from what I can tell, just this!
Hasn't bothered me enough yet to do anything, can only really see it on white screens.

Same

It isn't pressure spots - it's IPS light bleed. With regards to the darker patch just underneath the second screen - this is because of light differences between the main panel lighting and the second screen lighting (and again, because it is IPS, the light bleeds over if the second screen is brighter than the main screen).

Light Bleed Above S8's Front Camera and Iris scanner, also around the bezels on all

Hello,
I am having small light leakage issues exactly above the s8's front camera and iris scanner. Also found it on all the sides of the screen. At some places it is more but at some places it is more brighter light ( for e.g. just directly above front camera and iris scanner). There has been a long debate going on over internet whether this is a defect or light refraction and will this affect dust/water resistance ?
Some people advise to replace the device having this issue, when they get a replacement they have this issue in it too.
It would be really helpful if any Samsung Staff could officially check it in his/her S8 and with this colleagues about this and reply.
P.S. : The light leakage is more visible in a dark room, with a white background on screen and on full brightness. (Just for reproducing this issue).
Thanks.

I don't think you need worry about this. I noticed the same on my s8 when I received it. When I broke the screen, I had it repaired through Samsung's Premium Repair. Premium repair points do in-house repairs while retaining OEM warranty. The screens are supplied to these repair points directly by Samsung. Screens are already attached to the metal housing when they're supplied for repair. This means that replacing a screen requires replacing the housing as well.
All this to say, after the repair, I still have the same (slight) backlight bleed above the camera, even though my screen/housing were replaced with a factory OEM part. I think it's normal.
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When it was repaired, I was assured it would stay water and dust proof. For screen repairs, they lift out the electronics of the phone through the back and put it in the new screen/housing. After the repair, I noticed some transparent, rubbery residue on the back of the phone. I assume this is the adhesive they use to stick the phone together, whilst making it dust/water proof. Since it is clear in nature, it would be no surprise that even though it passes light, your phone is properly sealed.

joeyvanhummel said:
I don't think you need worry about this. I noticed the same on my s8 when I received it. When I broke the screen, I had it repaired through Samsung's Premium Repair. Premium repair points do in-house repairs while retaining OEM warranty. The screens are supplied to these repair points directly by Samsung. Screens are already attached to the metal housing when they're supplied for repair. This means that replacing a screen requires replacing the housing as well.
All this to say, after the repair, I still have the same (slight) backlight bleed above the camera, even though my screen/housing were replaced with a factory OEM part. I think it's normal.
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When it was repaired, I was assured it would stay water and dust proof. For screen repairs, they lift out the electronics of the phone through the back and put it in the new screen/housing. After the repair, I noticed some transparent, rubbery residue on the back of the phone. I assume this is the adhesive they use to stick the phone together, whilst making it dust/water proof. Since it is clear in nature, it would be no surprise that even though it passes light, your phone is properly sealed.
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Pr0Ankit said:
Hello,
I am having small light leakage issues exactly above the s8's front camera and iris scanner. Also found it on all the sides of the screen. At some places it is more but at some places it is more brighter light ( for e.g. just directly above front camera and iris scanner). There has been a long debate going on over internet whether this is a defect or light refraction and will this affect dust/water resistance ?
Some people advise to replace the device having this issue, when they get a replacement they have this issue in it too.
It would be really helpful if any Samsung Staff could officially check it in his/her S8 and with this colleagues about this and reply.
P.S. : The light leakage is more visible in a dark room, with a white background on screen and on full brightness. (Just for reproducing this issue).
Thanks.
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The lg g5s were bad about this and its just more of an annoyance then anything No actual issues just the white light bleeds around the lcd
There should be no danger in the seals From what i see it does look like refraction

TheMadScientist said:
The lg g5s were bad about this and its just more of an annoyance then anything No actual issues just the white light bleeds around the lcd
There should be no danger in the seals From what i see it does look like refraction
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I Visited two different Samsung stores and tried their S8, S8 plus live demo units. Issue is in the retail units as well. I guess I will not waste my time anymore to visit the service center because they can sign a replacement for my device only from the store where I bought my device and the issue is in their live demo units as well.